10/12/2011
https://congress.gov...
"The Majority's drilling bills may be good for the members of the American Petroleum Institute, but they are not good for the American people."
"These are phantom revenues from phantom drilling that are being proposed by the Republicans in order to pay for a transportation bill."
"It is not the Obama Administration holding back more domestic production. It is the oil companies that are currently warehousing roughly 26 million acres offshore that hold billions of barrels of oil."
"Despite the claims of critics, the Obama Administration has been fostering both traditional oil and gas development, while moving us forward to a clean energy future."